[Milsurplus] Reluctance for ebayers to sell overseas

[Scott Johnson]

I've noticed that you are quite correct regarding some German sellers.  I
recently won an auction bid for some SEM-25 equipment, and even though the
seller claimed to ship worldwide, he completely ignored me after the
auction.  no reply what soever, even after a half dozen inquiries.  I
sometimes wonder if there are political overtones involved.  I guess a guy
can sell to whoever he pleases, I'm not going to condemn anyone for their
personal policies.  I am always careful to check the munitions list before
selling anything, and I will not list any newer mil gear online, nor will I
sell it to someone I don't know, but lets face it, the rules are completely
inconsistent.  I had to wait over a year for a end user certificate for an
item I bought from DRMO that was not even a military item!

Scott
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Tom Norris" <r390a at bellsouth.net>
To: <milsurplus at mailman.qth.net>
Sent: Sunday, October 03, 2004 4:02 PM
Subject: [Milsurplus] Reluctance for ebayers to sell overseas


> It's not just the American sellers that don't
> want to ship out of country/continent.
>
> Besides radios, I also play with old German cars.
> I've noticed many British sellers and *most*
> German sellers will not ship to the US, the
> only way I've gotten much of anything out of
> Germany is to have it shipped to a local address.
> Britain is a bit easier, some will ship if I offer
> a bit extra for "time and trouble" Few if any
> Germans have ever replied to similar offers.
>
> I've sold many items to overseas buyers in the EU
> and elsewhere with no problem. Most of my items
> were shipped by USPS. Hard to ship a T-195 that
> way, but for smaller items it works fine.
>
> The only thing that you have to be careful of these
> days is modern or semi modern mil gear. Mike Murphy
> (I think, it was one of the big surplus dealers) got
> tagged a while back for selling glove liners or something
> innocent like that to a buyer in Europe. Think he had
> to go to court over that. Anyone on the list know of
> what happened and to whom in this story? (I've slept
> since then...)
>
> Tom
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